Inspiring Older Readers
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Spending a penny posted on 25 Jan 2017
I have recently been compiling reading lists for students who will be starting modules I teach in the coming semester.
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A Good Death posted on 23 Jan 2017
I always look forward to the next gripping instalment in this Birmingham based detective series and this was another page turner ...
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The Woman From Sarajevo by Ivo Andric posted on 20 Jan 2017
Ivo who? That’s certainly what I thought when I came across this book in a charity shop not too long ago.
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Novel On Yellow Paper posted on 17 Jan 2017
In a rather lazy way I’ve always thought of Stevie Smith as a kind of British Dorothy Parker
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Stone Trough Books, York posted on 17 Jan 2017
Located at 51 Walmgate, Stone Trough Books is a little further out of the centre than most of the other York bookshops we’ve reviewed
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The Party posted on 16 Jan 2017
Born in Strasbourg in 1931, Tomi Ungerer might well be best known as a prolific and excellent illustrator of children’s books.
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The Crossing posted on 15 Jan 2017
Guest writer, Alun Severn, moves on to read the second part of Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy - and he's disappointed.
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A.E. Coppard Selected Stories posted on 13 Jan 2017
I have never been a huge fan of the short story form.
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William McIlvanney posted on 10 Jan 2017
I recently wrote a review of Ian Rankin’s early novel starring DI John Rebus, Hide & Seek.
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Minster Gates Bookshop, York posted on 10 Jan 2017
The name of this bookshop will give you a clue to its location - tucked just around the corner from the famous York Minster